Argote Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Given the recent discussion within the Neowin Digital Gallery for and against changing the length of the thread, I think that a separate thread + poll to discuss and evaluate that would be better. Intelligent discussion is preferred (though I'm aware this is the Internet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remus_lupin Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I really don't see a point in changing it from monthly, although I have not tried to FIND a reason... IF you were to do it quarterly then you might as well do it per season e.g. Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (as a means of labeling which quarter we are in - and to make it somewhat organized instead of just starting at some random month) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 The only problem I find with the Monthly model is that anything posted on the final week of the month gets a lot less exposure. Sometimes I upload something on the 28th or 29th and wait for the next monthly thread to share it here. Other than that a monthly model is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remus_lupin Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 The only problem I find with the Monthly model is that anything posted on the final week of the month gets a lot less exposure. ... so what happens when you post in the final week of the quarter? I mean sure, it will occur only 4 times per year opposed to 12... but it's still a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 If plan to do a 3 months a time, then do this format: Winter: December - February Spring: March - May Summer: June - August Fall: September - November That way, we know what season the photos were taken in.. Other than that, I don't mind if we do a monthly or quarterly, or whatever. Up to you or the mods. Best tip is that if we do a season format, we can search our photos in previous forums in easy way which we can link the photos for future references or inspirations. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Just do it quarterly, 1 2 3, 4 5 6, 7 8 9, 10 11 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 The only problem I find with the Monthly model is that anything posted on the final week of the month gets a lot less exposure. Sometimes I upload something on the 28th or 29th and wait for the next monthly thread to share it here. Other than that a monthly model is fine. That's precisely teh problem. Just do it quarterly, 1 2 3, 4 5 6, 7 8 9, 10 11 12 Do I detect bitterness ? :p ... so what happens when you post in the final week of the quarter? I mean sure, it will occur only 4 times per year opposed to 12... but it's still a problem Got any better ideas? I sure don't :p Edit: lol... monthly is winning 6 - 3 ... time to register new users :shiftyninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Edit: lol... monthly is winning 6 - 3 ... time to register new users :shiftyninja: That's why I made the poll public, I think opinions from active members are slightly more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyyPunk Veteran Posted March 7, 2011 Veteran Share Posted March 7, 2011 Could always consider a yearly thread too :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Do I detect bitterness ? :p Uhhh no? Did it come off bitter? Just seemed like starting the quarters on the calendar year is the most simple/easiest. Could always consider a yearly thread too :p hmmmm could be, yea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Hmmm the yearly thing sounds good. Is there no bookmark function in IPB? Eg. Get a mod to mark the end of a quarter at a certain page saying "this is 2 quarter" etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remus_lupin Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Got any better ideas? I sure don't :p ... You could leave the previous month stickied for an extra week or something? So have say February and March up for the first week of March, then you can unsticky February... I don't care either way, that is just an IDEA... although idk if it's better :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remus_lupin Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Adding onto the yearly thread idea... make it indefinitely long. lol A year is so long that there will be TONNES of pages anyway... so IF you were to go that route I think you might as well just not change it at all and just leave it up forever as the same thread :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witalit Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Adding onto the yearly thread idea... make it indefinitely long. lol A year is so long that there will be TONNES of pages anyway... so IF you were to go that route I think you might as well just not change it at all and just leave it up forever as the same thread :p I think the Yearly sounds even better! This will avoid the issue of posting at end of month/quarter as it will only happen once per year! So out of all the different ways to do it yearly contributes the least to that problem. We could then do like a yearly poll over the thread to vote the best of the year, pretty cool thing to do I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I think the Yearly sounds even better! This will avoid the issue of posting at end of month/quarter as it will only happen once per year! So out of all the different ways to do it yearly contributes the least to that problem. We could then do like a yearly poll over the thread to vote the best of the year, pretty cool thing to do I say. We already had a voting go based on "ideas" by .mac, however it failed terribly as we got very little participation, I could see this yearly thing working better for this purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 update the poll and let the voting restart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Hmmm the yearly thing sounds good. Is there no bookmark function in IPB? Eg. Get a mod to mark the end of a quarter at a certain page saying "this is 2 quarter" etc. Adding onto the yearly thread idea... make it indefinitely long. lol A year is so long that there will be TONNES of pages anyway... so IF you were to go that route I think you might as well just not change it at all and just leave it up forever as the same thread :p See above :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 OK, the poll has been updated, you might need to delete your vote and re-vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I deleted my vote, but when trying to vote I get: [#10355] You must cast your vote in each question of the poll. It will only work if I vote null. Hmmm the yearly thing sounds good. Is there no bookmark function in IPB? Eg. Get a mod to mark the end of a quarter at a certain page saying "this is 2 quarter" etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 same error message here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 That's odd, we might have found a bug in IPB hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witalit Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 OK, the poll has been updated, you might need to delete your vote and re-vote. I revoted yearly looks like people like the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Hard refreshed and still zip, tried another browser and teh same... then I tried again voting null, then deleting my vote and presto! I was able to vote yearly. HOWEVER Hmmm the yearly thing sounds good. Is there no bookmark function in IPB? Eg. Get a mod to mark the end of a quarter at a certain page saying "this is 2 quarter" etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerm Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Yearly. If something is 5 pages back it's easy to find. If it's 5 threads back and you can't remember which month you're not going to trawl through them all to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted March 7, 2011 Veteran Share Posted March 7, 2011 I removed and re-added the poll. There is apparently a problem with deleting and re-voting, but this should be a temporary solution. Apologies for having to re-vote, but I didn't know another way to get it working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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